Armed bandits wey ride motorcycles don kill at least 24 farmers and wound plenty oda pipo for attack wey happen for remote farming villages for Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, residents tell Reuters on Thursday.

Di attackers storm communities for Sauna district, Talata Mafara local government area, around 1300 GMT on Tuesday, and dem open fire on pipo wey dey work for their farms, residents tell Reuters.

"Dem kill at least 24 innocent farmers. We still dey count di losses," resident Auwal Sani tok for phone.

Zamfara dey di center of security wahala for Nigeria northwest, where armed gangs wey dem dey call bandits dey regularly attack villages, kidnap residents for ransom, and steal cattle.

Residents tok say di gunmen travel nearly 50 km (31 miles) along Mayanchi-Anka highway, wey be major trade route, before dem reach Sauna, and dem no see any security forces for road.

Anoda resident, Bello Aliyu, tok say Tuesday attack last for about three hours.

"Dem steal plenty cattle wey dem no even count, and dem wound several pipo wey dey receive treatment now," he tok.